with al-Hasan [ibn Alī] (1) on his shoulder, [while he was] (2) saying, ‘O Allah, I love him, so love him.’” (3).
In the two Sahih collections, al-Zuhrī narrated from Urwa, from Aisha—may Allah be pleased with her—: “Quraysh were deeply troubled by the [case] (4) of the Makhzūmī woman who had stolen. They said, ‘Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—on her behalf?’ [They said] (5), ‘And who would dare approach him except Usāma (6) ibn Zayd, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace?’” (7)
In Sahih al-Bukhārī, Abd Allah ibn Dīnār said: One day, while Ibn Umar was in the mosque, he saw a man dragging his garments in one part of the mosque. He said, “Find out who this is. I wish this man
(1) “Ibn Alī” is an addition in A and B.
(2) “While he was” is omitted from N, M, and W.
(3) A hadith conveying the same meaning, narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—appeared earlier at 4/48. The hadith with this wording, narrated from al-Barā ibn Āzib—may Allah be pleased with him—is found in al-Bukhārī, 5/26 (Book of the Virtues of the Prophet’s Companions…, chapter “The Merits of al-Hasan and al-Husayn”); Muslim, 4/1883 (Book of the Virtues of the Companions, chapter “The Virtues of al-Hasan and al-Husayn…”); Sunan al-Tirmidhī, 5/327 (Book of Virtues, chapter “The Merits of Abū Muhammad al-Hasan…”); al-Musnad (Halabī ed.), 4/283–284; and Fadā’il al-Sahāba, 2/768, 781.
(4) “Case” is omitted from N and M.
(5) “They said” is an addition in A and B.
(6) W reads: “…the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—except Usāma…”
(7) The hadith is narrated from Aisha—may Allah be pleased with her—and appears in three places in al-Bukhārī: 5/23 (Book of the Virtues of the Prophet’s Companions…, chapter “The Mention of Usāma ibn Zayd”); 4/175 (Book of the Prophets, chapter “Abū al-Yamān Narrated to Us…”); and 8/160 (Book of Prescribed Punishments, chapter “Enforcing Prescribed Punishments upon the Noble and the Lowly”). See also Muslim, 3/1315–1316 (Book of Prescribed Punishments, chapter “Amputating the Hand of a Thief of Noble Birth and Others…”); and Sunan Abī Dāwūd, 4/188 (Book of Prescribed Punishments, chapter “Intercession concerning a Prescribed Punishment”). The hadith also appears in the Sunan collections of al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, al-Nasā’ī, and al-Dārimī, and in Musnad Ahmad.